The guy at the corner of Denny and Stewart is pretty territorial. Sometimes you’ll get him and then another pan-handler kitty-corner, and there are nothing but nasty glares going back and forth. Apparently it’s prime pan-handling real estate. Anyway, the question is: how much does he get in day?
- Chris
Well when I lived in Vegas a family friend quit his job because he was making approximately 80 grand per year working the good real estate there. I can only assume that Denny and Stewart is not as good as Las Vegas, plus there is a waaay lower chance that someone is feeling hysterically generous. But I imagine that he might net $200 dollars on a good day. Based on 6 weeks of because of holidays, illness, or legal detainment he may make as much as 46k per year, other pan-handlers not withstanding.
I know that the most successful Real Change vendors live in reasonable apartments (around $600/month). So probably there are a handful of pan-handlers making more than $24,000 per year, and someone with a talent could make significantly more.
